Points transfer restrictions?

[littlestar]

What is your home resort and/or what resort contract did you have them transfered into? If you don't have a BWV contract, you (or the transferer) must have given very clear directions to MS during the transfer.

I had BCV points transfered into my VWL contract and they became VWL. I had to jump through a few DVC hoops to get them rerstored to their original resort.

HBC

I have a small BWV add-on contract, so maybe that's where they put them? Makes sense as to why I've never had any problems with them becoming VWL or BCV points (we own there, too).

 

[axavilez]

I recently had points transferred into my account. Surprisingly, the points did not retain their use year. I have an October use year, but the transferred points were February. I assumed that the February points would be 2005, which would have worked for my December 2005 vacation. However, member services told me that the points were 2004. I had to bank the transferred points in order to make my reservation. This wasn't a problem since I was still in my banking window.

 

[eileenfk]

What is your home resort and/or what resort contract did you have them transfered into? If you don't have a BWV contract, you (or the transferer) must have given very clear directions to MS during the transfer.

I had BCV points transfered into my VWL contract and they became VWL. I had to jump through a few DVC hoops to get them rerstored to their original resort.

HBC

Isn't this a system glitch, and not the actual rules.

Don't the rules state that points transfered retain their original uy and resort.

If the rules state one thing, and the system has a glitch that causes the reality to differ from the rules, then I suspect it will be fixed quicker if more people take advantage of it.

- Eileen

 

[Dean]

Isn't this a system glitch, and not the actual rules.

Don't the rules state that points transfered retain their original uy and resort.

If the rules state one thing, and the system has a glitch that causes the reality to differ from the rules, then I suspect it will be fixed quicker if more people take advantage of it.

- Eileen

The rules say this but it's not what happens.

Back to the other question. MS has significant flexibility when dealing with multiple but separate contracts of a single owner. Things that may be outside the usual rules are handled on a case by case basis. In some cases they will transfer even banked or borrowed points but usually for special circumstances. Things like getting enough points together to complete a single days reservation. Or for exchanges that must be in a single account like CC, ADV Col and the like.